Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I am not in support of this motion. Originally I seconded this motion and supported it. I withdrew my support for the motion because I felt that some of the Ministers that we voted for only 16 months ago still have the ability to carry this government forward. There’s no guarantee that the approach of taking the entire Cabinet out would put those Ministers back in.

I have lost the confidence in the abilities of some of the Cabinet Members. I lost the confidence that some of Cabinet have the ability at this time to move this government forward where the people in the small communities would benefit. I came into this Legislature and saw a lot of inequity between what is provided to the larger communities of the Northwest Territories and what’s provided to the smaller communities.

If this motion is not carried, Cabinet should look at itself. They should look at themselves and say, wow, we just made it. However, most of the Regular MLAs that represent the majority of the

people of the Northwest Territories do not have confidence in us, so don’t hold your heads too high. If this motion is not carried, some of the Cabinet Members better thank their Cabinet colleagues for the fact that some Cabinet Members still have the confidence of some people from this side of the floor.

My non-support of this motion does not mean that Cabinet has 100 percent of my support and 100 percent of the support of the people of Tu Nedhe. There are some dysfunctions in Cabinet and that is very apparent. Cabinet better become functional and start looking and making sure that the people in the small communities are given and afforded the same things that are afforded to the larger communities. My issue has always been that; that we come here to represent people here as equals and we represent everybody in the Northwest Territories as equal. That’s not the way things go.

Under any other circumstance this should be a wakeup call for Cabinet. If this motion was not such a broad-brush motion, if it was more focused, I would be here supporting the motion. Cabinet should not feel satisfied that some people from this side are not in support of this motion. Cabinet should look at themselves and say there’s something wrong when the majority of the House on this side hangs up and does not support what they’re doing.